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Winchester '73
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Winchester '73 is a 1950 American Western film set in Kansas, directed by Anthony Mann from a screenplay by Borden Chase. Shot in black-and-white in the Academy ratio by cinematographer William H. Daniels, it stars James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Stephen McNally and Dan Duryea, with editing by Edward Curtiss and a score by Walter Scharf. It was produced by Aaron Rosenberg for Universal Pictures.
The film has been included in the National Film Registry. It earned 2,250,000 at the box office, runs 92 minutes, and was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix in video on demand format.
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7.3Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. McAdam wins the prize, a one-in-a-thousand Winchester rifle, but Dutch steals it and leaves town. McAdam follows, intent on settling his old quarrel, while the rifle keeps changing hands and touching a number of lives.
Cast
- James Stewart as Lin McAdam
- Shelley Winters as Lola Manners
- Dan Duryea as Waco Johnnie Dean
- Stephen McNally as Dutch Henry Brown
- Millard Mitchell as High Spade
- Charles Drake as Steve Miller
Themes
- showdown
- robbery
- horseback riding
- hostility
- assault
- search
- rifle
- stealing
- contest
- poker game
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Anthony Mann
- Screenplay by
- Borden Chase Robert L. Richards
- Story by
- Stuart N. Lake
- Produced by
- Aaron Rosenberg
- Starring
- James Stewart Shelley Winters Dan Duryea Stephen McNally Millard Mitchell Charles Drake John McIntire Will Geer Jay C. Flippen
- Cinematography
- William H. Daniels
- Edited by
- Edward Curtiss
- Music by
- Joseph Gershenson (musical director)
- Color process
- Black and white
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release date
- July 12, 1950 ( 1950-07-12 )
- Running time
- 92 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Box office
- $2,250,000 (US rentals)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- Western film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Anthony Mann
- Cast member
- John Alexander
- Composer
- Walter Scharf
- Producer
- Aaron Rosenberg
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- William H. Daniels
- Narrative location
- Kansas
- Duration
- 92
- FilmAffinity ID
- 353591
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Winchester73 trailer Stewart.png
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- Commons category
- Winchester '73 (1950 film)
- publication date
- 1950-07-12
- film editor
- Edward Curtiss
- title
- Winchester '73
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 100%
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- Academy ratio
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Encyclopedic overview
Winchester '73 is a 1950 American Western film noir starring James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea and Stephen McNally. Directed by Anthony Mann and written by Borden Chase and Robert L. Richards, the film is set in 1876 and follows the turbulent passing of a prized Winchester 1873 repeating rifle from one ill-fated owner to another interwoven with a cowboy's search for a murderous fugitive.
It is the first of eight films that Mann and Stewart made together, and is also the first film from which an actor received a percentage of the receipts, a practice known as "points", as compensation.
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